The Netherlands Information Service Collection: An Introduction

• Autores: David J. Snyder
• Localización: Historia Actual Online, ISSN-e 1696-2060, Nº. 8, 2005, págs. 201-209
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Contemporary Dutch history remains an under-researched topic in the United States. Though American social scientists have long appreciated the value of Dutch studies, American historians have been slow to develop contemporary Dutch historiography due in part to a dearth of comprehensive sources in public collections. This article is meant to serve as an introduction to the papers of the Netherlands Information Service (NIS; in Dutch, the Regerings Voorlichtingsdienst), which are now open for study, and an invitation to scholars to include the contemporary Netherlands in their research agendas. Held by the Holland Historical Trust and housed in the Holland Museum of Holland, Michigan, this repository of contemporary Dutch materials is unique in North America. The NIS collection at the Holland Museum is an excellent starting point from which to more fully examine the contemporary Netherlands. A host of contemporary developments have played themselves out in Holland, the study of which would introduce readers to the Dutch version of these events.